Kate Beall
is a writer and educator living in Colorado, nestled between the mountains and the plains.
Selected Publications
"The Summer of Yield and Spoils" in hex."There Is Nothing So Dreamlike As Being Lost" in Identity Theory."Axe Flare" and "And Whom?" in atmospheric quarterly."Chicken and Egg Story," in Gone Lawn 54."Shard" and "As Hunger for Melon" in South Broadway Ghost Society, June 2023."Winning Changes Everything" in Words & Sports, Vol. 2, No. 4."Without Measure" in HAD."Sweet land" in FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art, Issue 13.
Workshop Materials
"Boredom and Wonder"
Intercambio Summer Conference
August 2026
Presentation slides are available to registered conference participants through Intercambio's website (log-in required).
Zine
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Bibliography
Carson, Anne. Short Talks. Brick Books, 2015.---. “Anne Carson and audience - Short Talk On The Sensation Of Airplane Take Off.” YouTube, 14 May 2022.Danckert, James and John D. Eastwood. Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom. Harvard University Press, 2020.De Cruz, Helen. Wonderstruck: How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think. Princeton University Press, 2024.Keltner, Dacher. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life. Penguin Press, 2023.Martinez, Emanuel. Arte Mestiza. 1984, Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs.Odell, Jenny. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Melville House Publishing, 2019.Sharpe, Christina. Ordinary Notes. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: 50th Anniversary Edition. Shambhala Publications, Incorporated, 2020.Ward, Alie, host. “Awe Psychology (WONDER) with Dr. Dacher Keltner.” Ologies, 3 June 2026, https://www.alieward.com/ologies/awepsychology.Zomorodi, Manoush. Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self. Picador, 2018.